Observations. I'm rewatching Ali-Terrell. I watched the infamous second round three times where Terrell said Ali drgged his face against the ropes...
Ali always and invariably fought tall
I checked. This fight was a year before Cleveland was literally shot.
I"m watching Terrell V Williams 2 right now. It's amazing how bad Ali made both of them look, they look decent here, with the caveat Williams was...
An elimination tournament of Mike Tyson, Leotis Martin, Kevin McBride, and Sonny Liston at the same junctures of their careers would be interesting.
I'm enjoying our discussion because it makes me think. Ernie intended to use his superior height and reach and to exploit Ali's unorthodox...
HMMMM Physically, Terrell is the most formidable opponent Ali has met since his knockout of Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Me. on May 25, 1965....
Why does Ken Norton's and Oscar Bonavena's attributes have everything to do with Ali looking bad (He did go 3-1 against them) and Muhammad Ali's...
Why didn't Macho Camacho do anything to win in his fight with the Golden Boy? Why did Ernie go into a defensive shell in his fight with Muhammad...
Bonavena and Ellis weren't bums. The latter went pretty far under the right tutelage.
Or was he too small?
How would Martin and McBride do against Danny Williams?
Jimmy Ellis beat Floyd Patterson and Jerry Quarry. There are worse scalps for a boxer to have. Bonavena had 67 fights and was only stopped once....
Did you know Muhammad Ali did 8,014 situps in the 40 days prior to his rematch with Leon Spinks?
Why are we even discussing the performances of cooked fighters? What does it add to the discussion?
